2024-w3838 - 09 January 2024

Nokulunga Primrose Sonti to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities

What (a) are the full, relevant details of the long-term vision and strategic framework her Office has developed to create a society in which women, youth and persons with disabilities not only have equal opportunities, but also actively contribute to shaping the future of the Republic and (b) measurable outcomes are being targeted?

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities on 9 Jan 2024

The rights of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities with regards to life, dignity and privacy, including their right to access all areas of human endeavour are well protected by the country's Constitution.

The Bill of Right enshrines the rights of all people in our country and affirms the democratic values of human dignity, equality and freedom. But it's particularly Section 9, the equality ...

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2024-w3839 - 08 January 2024

Michael Bagraim to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities

What plans has her Office put in place to monitor the extent of the demographical representation of the disability sector (details furnished) in the (a) Public Service and (b) private sector?

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities on 8 Jan 2024

The DWYPD analyses draft annual performance plans (APPs) of government departments with an aim to assess whether they are disability responsive in terms of indicators and targets in the APPs. Technical Feedback is provided by the DWYPD to and they are encouraged to disaggregate data for all its programmes and services according to sex, age and disabilities of beneficiaries. An annual progress report on ...

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2024-w3528 - 08 January 2024

Vuyani Pambo to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities

(1) What urgent steps of intervention has she taken to create job opportunities for youth, in particular graduates, since she assumed office; (2) whether there has been any discussion to legislate job seeking allowances for unemployment graduates who seek employment; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities on 8 Jan 2024

1. Addressing the youth unemployment challenge requires all of society to intervene. It requires all spheres of government to prioritise the creation business and employment opportunities for the Youth. The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD), plays a coordinating role in the all-of-government intervention particularly as the budget of the DWYPD is not proportional to the scale of the youth unemployment ...

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2024-w3228 - 08 January 2024

Nazley Khan Sharif to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities

In view of the fact that the coordination of the Sanitary Dignity Programme across the Republic falls within her department’s mandate, while her department is more of a regulatory department rather than a service delivery department, what are the details of (a) how her department monitors and evaluates the sanitary dignity programme across the Republic and (b) the findings of the monitoring and evaluation process in each province since the programme was launched?

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities on 8 Jan 2024

The equitable share budget for the sanitary dignity programme is disbursed directly to Provinces by the National Treasury. Consequently, provinces run their procurement processes independently to appoint service providers to deliver sanitary pads. As the department has no control over the budget, we have no control over the procurement processes in the programme.

In monitoring the programme, the department convenes quarterly Sanitary Dignity National ...

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2024-w4038 - 08 January 2024

Magdalena Duduzile Hlengwa to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities

Whether her Office has the relevant details of the (a) allocated budget and (b) total expenditure of the executive of the National Youth Development Agency in respect of (i) travel and (ii) accommodation in the past 10 years; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities on 8 Jan 2024

I am informed by the agency (NYDA) that it currently has data available for the last six financial years due to a change of financial management system and in line with its record management policy.

The budget and actual spend for travel and accommodation for the last six years for the Executive of the NYDA is as follows:

Financial Year

Budget

Actual

2017-18

R5 ...

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2024-w1448 - 08 January 2024

Nokulunga Primrose Sonti to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities

What monitoring interventions has her Office made to build the skills base of youth in rural areas to fight unemployment?

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities on 8 Jan 2024

The department has adopted a step change toward an all-of-government and all-of-society approach to livelihood restoration, wealth creation, poverty and hunger alleviation through special projects that will be rolled out across some of the country’s poorest district municipalities. These projects will have a training element for vulnerable groups in general and youth in particular.

(a) SANDF-led National Service (NS) – To address the current ...

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2024-w1394 - 08 January 2024

Marie Elizabeth Sukers to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities

Whether, with reference to the reply to question 268 on 3 April 2023 from the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, she and/or any member of her Office has met with any representative of any public and/or private company, nonprofit company, association and/or organisation in the tobacco industry and/or a company with an interest in public policy related to the import, export, distribution and/or control of tobacco-related products since her appointment as Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a)(i) on what date and (ii) where did each such meeting occur, (b) who was present at each meeting, (c) at whose request did each meeting take place and (d) what was discussed at each meeting?

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities on 8 Jan 2024

No, I have not, to the best of my knowledge, met with any representative of any public and/or private company, nonprofit company, association and/or organisation in the tobacco industry and/or a company with an interest in public policy related to the import, export, distribution and/or control of tobacco-related products since my appointment as Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.

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2024-w1395 - 08 January 2024

Marie Elizabeth Sukers to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities

Whether, with reference to the reply to question 73 on 3 April 2023 from the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, she has ever met two certain persons (names furnished) and/or any other person who is or has been a director, associate and/or employee of a certain company (name furnished) and/or any company trading under the name of the specified company; if not, what is the position in each specified case; if so, in each case, (a)(i) on what date and (ii) where did each such meeting take place, (b) who was present at each meeting and (c) what was discussed at each meeting?

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities on 8 Jan 2024

No.
As the Minister of Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, I was never part of a meeting with the referenced individuals.

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2024-w1713 - 05 January 2024

Wendy Robyn Alexander to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities

Whether she will furnish Mrs W R Alexander with a comprehensive breakdown of the procurement allocation of (a) her Office and (b) every entity reporting to her in terms of the percentages allocated to (i) small-, medium- and micro-enterprises, (ii) cooperatives, (iii) township enterprises and (iv) rural enterprises with a view to evaluating the effectiveness of the set-aside policy of the Government in fostering an inclusive and diverse economic landscape (details furnished) in the (aa) 2021-22 financial year and (bb) since 1 April 2023?

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities on 5 Jan 2024

The procurement allocation for the department is apportioned in line with the Annual Performance Plan (APP) and Operational Plan (OP) targets to ensure achievements of these targets. Further, procurement is facilitated through the Central Supplier Database (CSD) located in the National Treasury. The question may be directed to the Ministry of Finance for detailed reply.

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2024-w730 - 05 January 2024

Nazley Khan Sharif to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities

What (a) are the relevant details of how the Secretariat of the National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide has facilitated the implementation of the National Strategic Plan, given that the Council has not been established yet and (b) total amount has been spent on the Secretariat and its work to date?

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities on 5 Jan 2024

a) The Secretariat of the National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF Secretariat) serves as an interim structure of the National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (NC on GBVF) for the coordination and implementation of the National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (NSP on GBVF).

The functions/activities of the GBVF Secretariat include, but are not limited to:

  1. The compilation and ...
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